homolosine projection

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   an equal-area projection map of the globe; oceans are distorted in order to minimize the distortion of the continents

   Broaderequal-area projection

Questions about homolosine projection

What does homolosine projection mean?

homolosine projection means "an equal-area projection map of the globe; oceans are distorted in order to minimize the distortion of the continents".

Is homolosine projection a common word?

homolosine projection is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.